Forensic Assessments

Authors Ron Langevin, PhD. & Dan Paitich, PhD. Description Twenty-three scales provide a comprehensive sexual history to help evaluate an offender's risk to others and potential for rehabilitation.  The SHQ-R questionnaire determines a respondent's specific sexual experiences and also investigates history of: voyeurism sexual dysfunction exhibitionism, transvestism toucheruism fetishism frotteurism fantasy sexual abuse exposure to... READ MORE

Authors  Glenn P. Smith, PhD, Professional Manual by Michelle R. Widows, PhD, and Glenn P. Smith, PhD Description The SIMS is a 75-item, true/false screening instrument that assesses for both malingered psychopathology and neuropsychological symptoms. The instrument reduces clinician burden and increases assessment efficiency by serving as a screen for malingering and by reducing hands-on... READ MORE

Authors Michelle R. Widows, PhD, Glenn P. Smith, PhD, and PAR Staff Description The SIMS-SP is used to score and interpret the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS). The PC based software provides an Interpretive Report based on either an on-screen administration of the SIMS or hand entry of an individual's item responses or scale raw scores... READ MORE

Authors Richard Rogers, PhD, ABPP; Professional Manual by Richard Rogers, PhD, ABPP, Kenneth W. Sewell, PhD, and Nathan D. Gillard, MS Description  While retaining many of the features that made the original instrument the gold standard in its field, the updated SIRS-2 helps evaluate feigning of psychiatric symptoms in greater detail with expanded scoring and... READ MORE

Authors Delroy L. Paulhus, Ph.D., Craig S. Neumann, Ph.D., Robert D. Hare, Ph.D., Kevin M. Williams, Ph.D., James F. Hemphill, Ph.D. Description The Self-Report Psychopathy Scale™ 4th Edition (SRP 4™) is the first official self-report version of the gold standard Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised™ (PCL-R™). This unique tool contains items that may be used to help identify... READ MORE

Authors Douglas R. Boer, PhD, Stephen D. Hart, PhD, P. Randall Kropp, PhD, Christopher D. Webster, PhD Description The SVR-20 is a 20-item checklist of risk factors for sexual violence that were identified by a review of the literature on sex offenders. The checklist was developed to improve the accuracy of assessments for the risk... READ MORE

Author John Briere, PhD Description The TSI-2 is designed to evaluate post-traumatic stress and other psychological sequelae of traumatic events. This broadband measure evaluates acute and chronic symptomatology, including the effects of sexual and physical assault, intimate partner violence, combat, torture, motor vehicle accidents, mass casualty events, medical trauma, traumatic losses, and childhood abuse or... READ MORE

Authors John Briere, PhD and PAR Staff Description This unlimited-use software scores and profiles the TSI-2 and TSI-2-A after the client's responses are entered by the clinician. It will generate a score report and graphic profile of the client's results, indicating the relative extent to which the respondent is experiencing post-traumatic stress or other sequelae... READ MORE

Author Harry L. Munsinger, JD, PhD, Kevin W. Karlson, JD, PhD Description The UCCES was developed by two forensic psychologists with law degrees and extensive experience in child custody evaluation to meet the need for a uniform custody evaluation procedure for mental health professionals.  The UCCES consists of a Manual and 25 forms that provide... READ MORE

Authors Daniel Slick, PhD, Grace Hopp, MA, Esther Strauss, PhD, Garrie B. Thompson, PhD Description Suitable for use in both outpatient and inpatient settings, the VSVT is a computerised test that uses a forced-choice (two-alternative) model to assess possible exaggeration or feigning of cognitive impairments. The VSVT unlimited-use software administers the test, calculates all scores,... READ MORE

Released Early 2011 Author R.D. Hodge, PhD and D.A. Andrews, PhD Description The Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory 2.0 (YLS/CMI 2.0) is a gender- and culturally-informed, strength-focused risk/needs tool that reliably and accurately classifies and predicts re-offending within male and female juvenile populations. Created for both genders, the YLS/CMI 2.0 includes new features to... READ MORE